Sheet-tie plate.



W. F. SCOT T.

SHEET TIE PLATE.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, '1911.

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WILLIAM F. SCOTT, OF MADISON, MAINE.

SHEET-TIE PLATE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. Soorr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Madison, county of Somerset, State of Maine, have invented an Improvement in Sheet-Tie Plates, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to a means for removably secured together the corners of a sheet of textile material when used to bundle up wool or other'material.

It is very common in factories such as those manufacturing woolen goods to bundle the wool in sheets for carrying it about the factory, and the bundle is formed by tying together the corners of the sheet. This tying of the corners of the sheet frequently injures the sheets because the knots are formed so tightly that the sheet is torn in undoing them, or is cut by the operatives, who will not spend time necessary to undo the knots. The wear resulting from even a careful tying and untying of the corners and straining of the sheet is considerable in any event.

The invention provides a device by means of which the four corners of the sheet when inclosing a bundle of wool or other material can readily be brought together and secured firmly without injuring the sheet, and whatever the size of the bundle may be within reasonable limits.

The nature of the invention will more fully appear from the accompanying description and drawings, and will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

The drawings illustrate a bundle includ ing the tier involving this invention, and the tier itself in detail.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a bundle with the ends of the sheet secured through the tier. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tier and adjacent sheet corners. Fig. 3 is a view in isometric projection of the tier.

The sheet commonly used is of the usual rectangular form presenting four corners, and is shown in Fig. 1 in the form it assumes when used to bundle a large quantity of wool.

The sheet tier of this invention in its preferred form is illustrated by itself in Fig. 8. It is preferably made of metal such as cast iron, and presents a firm and stifi structure. It comprises a flat body portion 2 presenting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Serial No. 582,839.

a major central aperture 3 and a plurality of, preferably and as herein shown four, similar minor surrounding apertures, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to receive the corners of the sheet. The configuration of these apertures may vary somewhat, but preferably the major central aperture is of general rectangular shape, while each minor aperture is elongated or elliptical as shown. Each aperture is surrounded on each side of the flat body portion 2 by a rib 9 projecting transversely from said body portion. These ribs serve to hold more tightly the corners of the sheet when in place, presenting a more sharply defined edge to grip the sheet.

Between the minor apertures the body portion 2 is formed in rentrant angles or recesses 10. These recesses serve to position the corners of the sheet and bring the corner of the sheet resting therein much nearer to the major or central aperture. The recesses, therefore, with the ribs projecting above and below the body of the tier cause the corner of the sheet to take, when in final position, a course which is sharply changed so that the sheet is gripped and held most firmly.

' If desired, one corner of the sheet may be permanently secured through one of the minor apertures, as indicated in Fig. 2, wherein the corner 12 of the sheet is shown as stitched down, but it is not necessary nor is it always desirable that the sheet tier shall thus be permanently secured in place.

The process by which the corners of the sheet are secured will be fully apparent from an examination of Fig. 2. It will be noted that each corner is secured in a similar manner and as follows: One corner, as 13, of the sheet, is brought up through the aperture 7, and then pulled up snugly as required by the amount of material to be bundled, the edge of the aperture 7 enabling this to be done easily without injury to the sheet by simply pulling on the end of the sheet. The corner of the sheet is then carried downwardly through the major aperture 3 around under the tier plate over the recess 10, and is then tucked beneath itself and the end pulled through, as indicated at 14;. The other corners are treated in a similar manner.

It must be seen that the four corners are readily and easily drawn together to make a bundle of any desired size, and that they can readily be separated one or all by simply pulling out the tucked in ends of the corners.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A sheet tier having a flat body portion presenting a major central aperture, a plurality of minor surrounding apertures for receiving the corners of the sheet, gripping ribs projecting transversely from said body portion around the edges of said apertures, and sheet positioning recesses in the periph- I ery of the body portion between the minor apertures.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM F. SCOTT.

Witnesses JADDUS LE BLANG, ALFRED LE BLANc.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. i i 

